# Incident 20180301001329I: Cessna 172S, Fort Myers, FL, March 1, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2018, 19:10 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: QYYS
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10897, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10897) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180301001329I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON MARCH 1, 2018 STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PREFORMED FIVE SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR. BASED ON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMANCE AND ABILITY THE INSTRUCTOR EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND ALLOWED THE STUDENT TO TAKE HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT. DURING APPROACH/TOUCHDOWN ON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FIRST LANDING ON RUNWAY, 23 HE STARTED HIS FLARE A LITTLE EARLY AND WHILE TRYING TO CORRECT THE SITUATION EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT CROSSWIND AND SUBSEQUENTLY ON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SKID FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE STUDENT TRIED TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION BUT RESULTED IN A LEFT WING DOWN CONDITION, WHICH RESULTED IN THE LEFT WING TIP IMPACTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND STOPPED NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY ALPHA AND BRAVO.

## Other reports on N10897 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170112000319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170112000319A), Jan 12, 2017: Cessna 172S (N10897), Punta Gorda, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot on first cross country solo flight experienced a hard landing at pdg during a touch and go on runway 04. Pilot elected to in-route back to fmy…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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